British tabloids hacked Prince Harry's phone for years, a judge rules — and it started when he was 19

• Prince Harry won a legal battle against the Mirror Group on Friday. 
• A London court found outlets like The Mirror unlawfully gathered information on Harry for years.
• The prince gave evidence that Mirror Group outlets hacked his phone and hired private investigators.

Prince Harry won a significant legal battle against a series of British tabloids.

On Friday, a London judge ruled in Harry's favor in his civil lawsuit against the Mirror Group, in which he accused several of the media company's outlets of illegally hacking his phone.